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will this give me more bhp http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ELECTRIC-SUPERCHARGER-TURBO-...
As i said before
Well i have something to add to this one.................... many years ago, and i mean prob 1982 1983, myself and a friend heard about forced induction........ so we hatched a plan and he drew the short straw, so we set off to the scrap yard and sourced a heater motor from a granada and a 3 speed switch......... took it back and opened the bonnet of his MK3 cortina. A biscuit tin was bolted to the top of the carb and the motor mounted in the lid of the tin and all wired up, with the wires poking out the bonnet and in the window we went for a drive....... he drove i had the switch, anyway we got on the bypass into third he floored the 1.6 pinto and i turned on the turbo boost....... we were expectng knight rider performance........................... all we got was a humming noise, so i put it on speed 3 and he hit the gas again.......... still nothing, obviously Ford knew more about getting out of a 1.6 than we did, still makes me smile today though
Well i have something to add to this one.................... many years ago, and i mean prob 1982 1983, myself and a friend heard about forced induction........ so we hatched a plan and he drew the short straw, so we set off to the scrap yard and sourced a heater motor from a granada and a 3 speed switch......... took it back and opened the bonnet of his MK3 cortina. A biscuit tin was bolted to the top of the carb and the motor mounted in the lid of the tin and all wired up, with the wires poking out the bonnet and in the window we went for a drive....... he drove i had the switch, anyway we got on the bypass into third he floored the 1.6 pinto and i turned on the turbo boost....... we were expectng knight rider performance........................... all we got was a humming noise, so i put it on speed 3 and he hit the gas again.......... still nothing, obviously Ford knew more about getting out of a 1.6 than we did, still makes me smile today though
This unit does say i consumes 30A which is 360W! What does a 5L V8 draw? 480 cubic meters per hour (CMH) at tick over??? The manufacturers state 1700CMH so at max umpth it could push some useful air??
Could be some mileage in this...... Anyone got any real figures for the CMH?
Could be some mileage in this...... Anyone got any real figures for the CMH?
Edited by Chimjunkie on Monday 22 December 20:49
blitzracing said:
Thers a guy in the States who has done it, but it needs 3 huge motors and draws about 400 amps, so you can only use it for quick burst, a bit like nitro'. Never fit under a TIV bonnet either!
So how many horsepower does it take to give a usefull boost? Have heard superchargers can draw tens of bhp but give back much more. bhp/watt conversion??Chimjunkie said:
blitzracing said:
Thers a guy in the States who has done it, but it needs 3 huge motors and draws about 400 amps, so you can only use it for quick burst, a bit like nitro'. Never fit under a TIV bonnet either!
So how many horsepower does it take to give a usefull boost? Have heard superchargers can draw tens of bhp but give back much more. bhp/watt conversion??
we'd better double it. That's producing 8 psi on a 4.6 engine. You can scale the power requirements if you have a smaller capacity engine or running less boost. But if you've only got a few hundred Watts to play with not only are you wasting your time but you'll struggle to compensate for the drag of the fan let alone produce any net boost.lesstatt said:
As i said before
Well i have something to add to this one.................... many years ago, and i mean prob 1982 1983, myself and a friend heard about forced induction........ so we hatched a plan and he drew the short straw, so we set off to the scrap yard and sourced a heater motor from a granada and a 3 speed switch......... took it back and opened the bonnet of his MK3 cortina. A biscuit tin was bolted to the top of the carb and the motor mounted in the lid of the tin and all wired up, with the wires poking out the bonnet and in the window we went for a drive....... he drove i had the switch, anyway we got on the bypass into third he floored the 1.6 pinto and i turned on the turbo boost....... we were expectng knight rider performance........................... all we got was a humming noise, so i put it on speed 3 and he hit the gas again.......... still nothing, obviously Ford knew more about getting out of a 1.6 than we did, still makes me smile today though
Cool. Gotta admire your honesty.Well i have something to add to this one.................... many years ago, and i mean prob 1982 1983, myself and a friend heard about forced induction........ so we hatched a plan and he drew the short straw, so we set off to the scrap yard and sourced a heater motor from a granada and a 3 speed switch......... took it back and opened the bonnet of his MK3 cortina. A biscuit tin was bolted to the top of the carb and the motor mounted in the lid of the tin and all wired up, with the wires poking out the bonnet and in the window we went for a drive....... he drove i had the switch, anyway we got on the bypass into third he floored the 1.6 pinto and i turned on the turbo boost....... we were expectng knight rider performance........................... all we got was a humming noise, so i put it on speed 3 and he hit the gas again.......... still nothing, obviously Ford knew more about getting out of a 1.6 than we did, still makes me smile today though
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